Freshchat vs. HelpCrunch

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshchat
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
A solution to engage customers with smarter conversations on any channel, designed so support, marketing, sales, and even bots to have conversations at scale with customers.
$0
per month free for up to 10 agents
HelpCrunch
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
All-in-one software for better customer communication HelpCrunch toolset includes: Live chat Email marketing automation Simple Helpdesk It's a perfect solution for customer support, sales & marketing teams at SaaS, E-commerce, and any other online businesses. Acquire, convert more leads, and support your customers better.
$12
per month
Pricing
FreshchatHelpCrunch
Editions & Modules
Growth
$19
per month (billed annually) per agent
Pro
$49
per month (billed annually) per agent
Enterprise
$79
per month (billed annually) per agent
Basic - Live chat
$12.00
per month
Premium - Live chat
$21.00
per month
Basic - Live chat+Emails
$25.00
per month
Premium - Live chat+Emails
$43.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshchatHelpCrunch
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUnlike most competitors, HelpCrunch's pricing is agent-based (not contacts-based) which gives you a full transparency of your chosen pricing plan and straightforward billing. Free 14-day trial is available to take the solution for a test drive. We're pretty flexible in terms of pricing. If you need a custom pricing plan - just message us via our website chat and we'll come up with a suitable pricing for your needs.
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Community Pulse
FreshchatHelpCrunch
Features
FreshchatHelpCrunch
Chat Analytics and Reports
Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Product A and Product B
Freshchat
7.3
18 Ratings
18% below category average
HelpCrunch
-
Ratings
Chat history and transcripts7.818 Ratings00 Ratings
Chat reporting7.118 Ratings00 Ratings
Chat and web analytics7.115 Ratings00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
Gist
Gist
Score 9.6 out of 10
Gist
Gist
Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Genesys DX (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Genesys DX (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Genesys DX (discontinued)
Genesys DX (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Genesys DX (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
FreshchatHelpCrunch
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(42 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.9
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshchatHelpCrunch
Likelihood to Recommend
Freshworks Inc
It is best suited for having 24-hour support, where customers can interact easily, even using their phones, to raise concerns or inquire about information. This makes it easier than going through the documents portal as a source of knowledge or sending emails for worries. However, it can be less appropriate for scenarios when you need more formal communication, like emails, and when proper documentation is necessary.
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HelpCrunch
Pros: - It is very easy to deploy out of the box. - Has good integration with most large scale platform and Operating Systems. Cons: - Because it is SaaS based, the used cases are very specific.
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Pros
Freshworks Inc
  • Real time customer support. During busy times all our available agents can jump on and handle large volume of customer interactions.
  • Automations and canned response features. With automation we can greet our customers the moment a chat gets assigned to an agent letting customers know they are being attended to similarly canned response helps us use templates for generic and commonly asked questions.
  • Dashboards and analytics. Freshchat's ability to build customized dashboards and analyze performance in a granular level helps us monitor workload and manage performance effectively.
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HelpCrunch
  • Fastest time to market - set up the application fast and easy.
  • The tags, filters, automated messaging and pop-ups are the best way to keep the potential customers engaged and achieve higher productivity.
  • Coolest dashboard where I can find all tabs, data, analytics, and insights to make better decisions and provide ultimate customer experience.
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Cons
Freshworks Inc
  • Freshchat is one of the best platforms, but still there are certain areas that require further improvement in order for the platform to become flawless.
  • I feel that the automated system in Freshchat is comparatively slow and due to this, it does not respond well according to all the requirements.
  • There are certain features in Freshchat which are not available for everyone and they can only be accessed by those who are paying the highest pricing tier.
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HelpCrunch
  • Not found any so far
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Likelihood to Renew
Freshworks Inc
Freshchat has met all our expectations and more. It has allowed our team to be more efficient with their time, field questions quickly, and escalate issues up the chain. We highly recommend freshchat as the perfect addition to anyone already using freshdesk or simply looking for a good solution for in app messaging.
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HelpCrunch
No answers on this topic
Usability
Freshworks Inc
I give it an 8 due to its usability. Yes, I had a few issues to begin with and needed some assistance from Freshchat agents, but considering this is something that is completely new to me, to set up what feels like a professional chat handling system complete with autobot within a day is really saying something I feel.
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HelpCrunch
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Freshworks Inc
Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
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HelpCrunch
No answers on this topic
Performance
Freshworks Inc
Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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HelpCrunch
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Freshworks Inc
The experience we had in past for lets say 4-5 months with the support team and our TAM was really helpful. The changes in the bot flow has helped our bot to ensure we connect with customer easily.
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HelpCrunch
Always available, very knowledgeable, faster resolution.
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Implementation Rating
Freshworks Inc
I hope to show new users data because this can save a lot of time
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HelpCrunch
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Freshworks Inc
Messaging across mediums - Freshchat integrates with majority of mainstream instant messaging apps. Like Facebook messenger, Telegram and WhatsApp . This makes it convenient for us to have a presence on the above-mentioned platforms and respond to messages from these platforms from a single Freshchat dashboard.its good app Freshdesk Messaging help me to contact the customer and contact the customer to inform my problem to solve it and is a good app and help full app and its easy to use uncomplicated and Freshdesk Helps me provide good quality to the customer and make customer feedback good for a company
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HelpCrunch
HelpCrunch is more affordable than other alternatives on the market and offers better customer support.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Freshworks Inc
Did not help with the purchase
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HelpCrunch
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Freshworks Inc
We only implemented the product in 1 way so I cant speak to this.
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HelpCrunch
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Freshworks Inc
Did not use
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HelpCrunch
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Freshworks Inc
  • From the positive effect of working on it, it helps employees to speed up their thinking and writing.
  • One of the positive effects of our clients is that their problems are solved easily and quickly.
  • Each employee knows how many of his chats have been resolved.
  • There is no negative effect in general.
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HelpCrunch
  • Great price point.
  • Effective self service platform.
  • Good alerting solution.
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ScreenShots

Freshchat Screenshots

Screenshot of Channel Freedom: The interface to engage customers on the channel of their choiceScreenshot of Unified Agent Workspace: Equips agents to deliver personalization at scaleScreenshot of Admin and Analytics: These drive informed decisions to help business scale

HelpCrunch Screenshots

Screenshot of HelpCrunch - Main chat dashboardScreenshot of HelpCrunch - auto messagesScreenshot of HelpCrunch - setting up trigger rules for new auto message